Certificate of Need

With the bill sponsor calling certificates of need a "sacred cow" in the health-care industry, a House panel Tuesday approved a proposal to repeal the...

When a health care provider wants to build a new hospital, hospice or nursing home in Florida, or even revamp and old one, they first have to apply for...

Florida hospice providers are joining a call by nursing homes to preserve the so-called certificate of need process.

A Senate committee Tuesday approved a bill that could help boost efforts to build new or replacement hospitals in rural counties. Approved by the Senate...

As lawmakers grapple with healthcare costs, they’re taking another look at rules governing where health care centers can be built. Those rules are call...

The state Agency for Health Care Administration asked the Florida Supreme Court this week to take up a dispute about whether a Baker County hospital can...